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The Chettiars could have rivalled the Marwaris had history played out differently: New book
In his new book Fortune Seekers, economic historian Raman Mahadevan maps the rise of the Chettiars — and why their vast Southeast Asian network didn’t last.
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The Global Table Is Set. Where is ASEAN’s Chair?
Despite its growing demographic and economic heft, Southeast Asian voices are surprisingly absent from the global policy ...
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Regional climate office gets reprieve after funding loss, but concerns remain about loss of weather data
The Southeast Regional Climate Center that serves Virginia is back up and running after shutting down last week when its ...
Indo Spice puts a new region on the map of South Philly’s Indonesian delights
An 8-foot-long wooden map of Indonesia spans a wall just beyond the entrance of Indo Spice on West Passyunk Avenue. It ...
Xi Jinping’s jaunt through Southeast Asia is ‘a reassurance and a warning’ to trading partners as the region is caught between the U.S. and China
On Monday, after Xi's visit, Beijing warned countries against signing trade deals with the U.S. "at the expense of China’s ...